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Brown Bag Project

Our Brown Bag Project provides freshly prepared food for folks on the streets and under bridges. This is a person-to-person way of connecting with hunger in our community, and reaching out to folks in need. On “Brown Bag Action ..read more

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Brown Bag Lunches

The reality of hunger and continual lack of adequate food has many faces. Children, the elderly, teens, adults, students, working people, the unemployed, those with homes and those without. The statistics are overwhelming and often leave us feeling helpless ..read more

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“Dinner for 100″ Planning Meeting

Volunteers working on the “Dinner for 100″ on Tuesday Aug. 23 will be meeting to finalize our plans.  If you can’t help at the dinner, but can help wrestle up donations of food or offer logistical or moral support, we’d ..read more

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8/23 “Dinner for 100″ Brown Bag Project

On Tuesday, August 23, Brown Bag volunteers will be serving a full dinner to 100 homeless folks in SE Portland.  We will plan the meal, make/purchase/acquire all the food, and then prepare and serve dinner at the Clark Center, a ..read more

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Warm-weather hunger: SOS

Warm weather is a welcome change after Portland’s cool drippy spring. Camping trips and vacations beckon, and we readily put aside our usual concerns to take advantage of the long hours of daylight and sunny weather. It’s easy to assume ..read more

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5/31 Living Earth Potluck

Living Earth’s “First Friday” monthly potlucks were a signature feature of our calendar from 2002 to 2008. We shared great meals, engaged in lively conversations, considered significant issues together, and built community along the way. The whole experience was ..read more

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